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And A Happy New Year »

hook: mustad 9672 size 10 to 2
tail: yellow hackle
body: red floss
rib: gold tinsel
beard: yellow hackle
underwing: white bucktail
overwing: gray hackle and peacock

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Shrimpo »

Hook: saltwater or streamer size 10 to 2/0
tail: slinky fibers with flash siliconed at base
eyes: mono
body: SLF or similar dubbing
shellback: Scud Back or plastic freezer bag piece
weight: lead wire

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S.H.W.D (Soft-Hackle Willowfly Dry) »

Hook: dry fly size 12 to 10
Tail: Grizzly hackle fibers
Body: Stripped grizzly hackle stem
Hackle: Grizzly and a soft-hackle (in this case pheasant)

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Orange Iron »

hook: wet fly
tail: golden pheasant tippets
body: SLF dubbing
rib: gold tinsel
1st hackle: orange
2nd hackle: mallard feather 2-3 turns

tie in the tail, then the rib, then dub the body, then wrap the rib, wind 1st hackle, then 2nd hackle, whip finish
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Slow-Bite Jig (S.B.J) »

Jig style hook, Brass Eyes, Bucktail, Lt. Blue Mirage Flashabou, Black EP Fibers

eyes, bucktail, flash, EP, whip finish
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Hershey’s With Almonds »

Stimulator style hook size 12, dark brown goose biots, SLF dubbing, duck quill sections, hackle, copper wire

wire under-base, goose biots, dub, duck quill, hackle, dub, wrap hackle.
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mini Matuka »

1x long wet fly hook, French tinsel, hackle tied matuka style, hackle collar, SLF dubbing

Tie it like a normal Matuka.
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tornado frog »

yellow marabou, saddle hakle w/ fluff, 2mm fly foam, 4x long hook

tie in the tail, then the hackle, then 1 diving head, tiee a hackle, cut the top of that hackle off, tie in last diving head.
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